date back

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But the warning signs for Labour date back further.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

These remains date back to the Middle Eocene period, roughly 47 million years ago.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

A couple, out for a stroll, asked an AFP journalist to take a photo of them, a memento of a nice date back on their island home.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Even gold wedding bands date back to the ancient world, Gordon says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

“Says here,” Lara continues, squinting at her phone, “that boogeypeople date back seven hundred years to the war with the Night Brothers.”

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston